Day: September 15, 2020

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India, US sign statement of intent to strengthen dialogue on defence tech cooperation

11:55 pm September 15, 2020

Washington: India and the US on Tuesday signed a statement of intent to strengthen the bilateral dialogue on defence technology co-operation and create opportunities for co-production and co-development of military equipment. The statement was signed by Raj Kumar, Secretary, Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, and Ellen Lord, US Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment, during the […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump says he wanted Syrian President Assad dead in 2017

11:52 pm September 15, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wanted to order the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2017 but was advised against it by then Defense Secretary Gen (rtd) James Mattis. The Syrian president is accused of a number of war crimes, including massacring his own citizens and ordering the torture of foreigners. “I would have rather taken […]

US special envoy for Afghanistan Khalilzad holds talks with Jaishankar, Doval

11:48 pm September 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Afghan sides should ensure that Afghanistan‘s territory must not be used by any terror group against any country, the US said on Tuesday soon after its special envoy for the Afghan peace process Zalmay Khalilzad held extensive talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval here. Indian government sources said Khalilzad appreciated India’s participation in the opening […]

Army foils infiltration bid along LoC in J&K’s Bandipora

11:42 pm September 15, 2020

Srinagar: The army on Tuesday said it has foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector of Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition. “Acting on specific @JmuKmrPolice inputs, suspicious movement was detected by alert troops along LoC on 14 September. Contact was established & the suspected terrorists were […]

Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo, IOC dismiss study showing Olympic costs rising

11:35 pm September 15, 2020

Tokyo: The CEO of the Tokyo Olympics and the IOC member in charge of Japan’s games have dismissed a new study from the University of Oxford that finds Tokyo is the most expensive Summer Games since 1960. Tokyo, postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is only a small part of economist Bent Flyvbjerg’s study which was published on Tuesday and titled, […]

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